The Intercalary Tone in Grapes of Wrath

Literary Analysis of Chapter 23 of The Grapes of Wrath.

Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, he describes, in Chapter 23, how the migrants entertain themselves when they are unable to find work. Some migrants turned to music while others turned to storytelling, alcohol, or listening to radical ministers preach about redemption and salvation.

The tone of the intercalary is that of desperation. "And the people listened, and their quite eyes reflected the dying fire.aE...